Apr 19, 2021 | Spotlight
Freedom Now congratulates Loujain Alhathloul as the 2020 recipient of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Alhathloul is the eighth individual to receive the Council of Europe’s Prize and the first from Saudi Arabia. “We are grateful that in such a tumultuous year the...
Feb 22, 2021 | News
Washington, D.C. – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued an opinion finding the Government of Iran to be in contravention of its international human rights obligations for the detention of Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. Responding to...
Feb 19, 2021 | News
On 13 February 2021, it was revealed that Professor G.N. Saibaba tested positive for COVID-19. This is an extremely dangerous development, given that he already suffers from serious ongoing health problems, including heart and kidney issues. We, the undersigned, are...
Feb 16, 2021 | News
Washington, D.C. – On February 12, 2021, Freedom Now and the law firm McKool Smith filed a petition with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Kazakh human rights activist Alnur Ilyashev. The petition argues that Kazakhstan’s detention of Ilyashev...
Feb 10, 2021 | News
Washington, D.C. – Freedom Now is pleased to announce that Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist Loujain Alhathloul was released from prison today after 1,001 days of wrongful imprisonment. On December 28, 2020 the Specialized Criminal Court, which has...
